What’s making a splash in Melbourne? Orrcon Steel Head Office 121 Evans Road, Salisbury, Queensland 4107 The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre was reconstructed for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and is an excellent example of the creative use of Orrcon Steel’s Smart Steel Hollow Sections. With over 800 tonnes of pipe and RHS, the centre demonstrates how architects are increasingly incorporating steel hollow sections in lieu of traditional hot rolled steel members and concrete to enhance the design of major construction projects. The reconstruction saw the existing Aquatic Centre extended with a new covered outdoor Olympic sized swimming pool, permanently roofed grandstand for 3,000 spectators and additional temporary roofs which are capable of attachment. Extensive use of Orrcon

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